Washing away sin: an analysis of the metaphor in the Hebrew Bible and its influence

Washing away sin, though a common religious practice today, is a novel concept in the Hebrew Bible. This study utilizes the Conceptual Metaphor Theory of G. Lakoff and M. Johnson to analyze the striking and unusual metaphorical concept of washing away sin in the Hebrew Bible (Isaiah 1; 4; Jeremiah 2...

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Main Author: DiFransico, Lesley R. (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Leuven Paris Bristol, CT Peeters 2016
In: Biblical tools and studies (volume 23)
Year: 2016
Reviews:[Rezension von: Lesley R. DiFransico, Washing away sin. An analysis of the metaphor in the Hebrew Bible and its influence] (2019) (Lam, Joseph C. Quy, 1975 -)
Series/Journal:Biblical tools and studies volume 23
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Old Testament / Sin / Forgiveness of sins / Metaphor
RelBib Classification:AG Religious life; material religion
BH Judaism
HB Old Testament
HD Early Judaism
KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity
Further subjects:B Baptism
B Water Biblical teaching
B Forgiveness of sin
B Sin Biblical teaching
B Bible. Jeremia 2,20-25
B Dead Sea Scrolls
B Bible. Jesaja 1,2-20
B Cleaning
B Metaphor in the Bible
B Old Testament
B Bible. Jesaja 4,2-6
B Thesis
B Water Religious aspects
B Metaphor
B Symbolics
B Bible. Jeremia 4
B Forgiveness
B Bible. Psalmen 51
B Sin
B Hermeneutics
B Bible. Ezechiel 36
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